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Environmental Impact Study
New York to Waterbury

 

Welcome to the I-84 EIS website . . .

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Connecticut Department of Transportation has contracted with Close, Jensen and Miller, P.C., to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) document for improvements to the I‑84 corridor from the New York state line in Danbury to Interchange 18 in Waterbury. 

Due to the increased usage of the I-84 corridor and deficiencies in the highway and its interchanges, this section of I-84 currently operates beyond its capacity. Based on the findings of the I-84 West of Waterbury Needs and Deficiencies Study, dated November 2001, and the I-84 Corridor Deficiencies/Needs Study, dated June 2000,the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), the Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, the Council of Governments of Central Naugatuck Valley, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have identified the need to provide transportation system improvements to the I-84 in this area.

Since I-84 bisects Connecticut, it acts as a pivotal transportation route for interstate traffic through the state, as well as linking the communities of Danbury, Bethel, Brookfield, Newtown, Southbury, Middlebury, Oxford and Waterbury. 

In accordance with the NEPA, the public must be given the opportunity for input during the EIS review process.  This project website will help keep the public fully informed with the objectives, status and potential effects of this project, and to obtain input from the study area communities.

 

Study Area

Click the map to see a detailed view of the study area.